Factors predicting uptake of voluntary counselling and testing in a real‐life setting in a mother‐and‐child center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Pignatelli, Salvatore; Simporé, Jacques; Pietra, Virginio; Ouedraogo, Laurent; Conombo, Ghislaine; Saleri, Nuccia; Pizzocolo, Cecilia; Iaco, Giulia De; Tall, François; Ouiminga, Adama; Carosi, Giampiero; Castelli, Francesco

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01564.x

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“…Similarly, in a study conducted in Burkina Faso, the uptake rate of VCT increased linearly with age, being particularly low among adolescents (15-19 years) [67] . Enosolease and Offor [85] have shown that older Nigerian women had higher rates of acceptance of HIV testing.…”

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“…Enosolease and Offor [85] have shown that older Nigerian women had higher rates of acceptance of HIV testing. It has been suggested that older women may be more aware of a higher cumulative risk of infection and are more likely to take autonomous decisions [67] . Other studies have found that older age was actually associated with test refusal [58,66] .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been shown that improving women's access to prenatal care improves PMTCT uptake [81] . Several studies have identified certain obstetric factors, such as bad obstetric history, or being multi gravida vs primigravida, as associated with uptake of VCT [41,63,65,67,82] . It is possible that multigravida women had more contact with prenatal care services and therefore had prior experience of HIV testing, or that they were more aware of the MTCT of HIV.…”

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“…Women feel that their spouses' support and approval for HIV testing is a necessary condition for them to agree to receive an HIV test during pregnancy [37,63,[66][67][68] . Bajunirwe and Muzoora [63] found that rural Ugandan women had a higher tendency than did urban women to believe that they need their spouses' approval to receive testing.…”

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Women’s willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review

Ben-Natan

Hazanov

2015

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not receive prevention services. HIV testing of pregnant women is considered to be one of the key strategies for preventing mother-to-child-transmission of HIV, but HIV testing rates among pregnant women in various countries remain suboptimal. Understanding the factors relating to women's willingness to be tested for HIV during pregnancy is critical for developing strategies to increase HIV testing rates among pregnant women. Extensive research points to various factors relating to women's willingness to be tested for HIV during pregnancy, and various recommendations aimed at improving testing rates among pregnant women have been suggested based on the research. In light of the goals set by the United Nations to reduce the rate of infants infected with HIV, it is necessary to summarize what is currently known regarding factors related to women's willingness to be tested for HIV during pregnancy. The purpose of this review is therefore to examine factors related to women's willingness to be tested for HIV during pregnancy, and to summarize recommendations for practice and further research. Core tip: The willingness of women to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during pregnancy is a complex phenomenon. There is frequent inconsistence in research results; however, studies have shown that certain major factors are steadily identified over time as associated with the phenomenon. Numerous factors related to pregnant women's willingness to be tested suggest multiple possible interventions to maximize HIV testing efficiency and increase testing rates. There is a need in further research of the phenomenon, as the majority of the research literature focuses on sub-Saharan Africa.Women's willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review Ben-Natan M, Hazanov Y. Women's willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review.

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Women’s willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review

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2015

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“…In our experience, PMTCT (Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission) activities were crucial to identify HIV infected pregnant women. Even if VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) uptake rate was far than optimal using an opt-in strategy [4], women were nonetheless favored since their access to care resulted to be earlier than that of their male partners. Females might also be more prone to screening wherever gender context permits [5];…”

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Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy in Resource Poor Countries: What do we Need in Real Life?

Castelli¹

2010

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Significant progresses have been made in the last 5 years towards the ultimate goal to provide universal access to care for all HIV/AIDS patients needing antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor countries. However, many barriers are still to be overcome, including ( ) cost of care for the individual, ( ) stigma, ( ) lack of qualified human resources and infrastructure, especially in the rural setting, ( ) rescue drugs for failing patients and ( ) pediatric formulations. Priority actions to be promoted if the fight against HIV/AIDS is to be successful include: (i) promoting access to care in the rural areas, (ii) strengthening of basic health infrastructures, (iii) waiving of users' fee to get ARV, (iv) a larger variety of drugs, with particular regard to fixed dose combination third line drugs and pediatric formulations, (v) local quality training and (vi) high quality basic and translational research. While the universal access to HIV care is crucial in developing countries, a strong emphasis on prevention should be maintained along.

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HIV testing uptake among pregnant women attending private midwife clinics: challenges of scaling up universal HIV testing at the private sectors in Indonesia

Wulandari

Lubis

Widarini

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Health Planning & Management

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Summary Introduction Being ranked seventh among countries with the highest number of new pediatric HIV infection, around 3% of new pediatric HIV infection worldwide occurs in Indonesia. UNAIDS has set a goal of elimination of mother‐to‐child HIV transmission, and private sector plays a critical role in achieving this goal. More than half of pregnant women in Indonesia seek antenatal care (ANC) services at private sectors, particularly at private midwife clinics. However, no published data is available on the rates of HIV testing uptake among pregnant women at these clinics, reflecting important gap on prevention of mother to child HIV transmission programmatic data. Purpose A longitudinal study was conducted to examine the rates of HIV testing uptake among pregnant women attending private midwife clinics in Bali and were referred to Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) clinics for a HIV test. Methods Seventy midwives from private clinics were asked to suggest women, who were deemed to be at risk of HIV, to seek HIV testing at the nominated VCT clinics and to provide the women with a referral. Data were then analyzed to identify the percentage of women who took HIV testing at the VCT clinics among those referred by the midwives. Results The midwives referred 619 women to VCT clinics. Of the referred women, only 321 (52%; 95% CI, 47.8%‐55.9%) took a HIV test at the appointed clinics. Among these who tested, three (0.9%) were HIV positive. This study identified a challenge in scaling up HIV testing coverage among women seeking ANC services at private sectors. Implications and recommendations are discussed.

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Factors predicting uptake of voluntary counselling and testing in a real‐life setting in a mother‐and‐child center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Abstract: Summaryobjective To identify factors predicting uptake of voluntary HIV counselling and testing in pregnant women.methods All pregnant women receiving ante-natal group health education at

Cited by 49 publications

References 16 publications

Women’s willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review

Women’s willingness to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus during pregnancy: A review

Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy in Resource Poor Countries: What do we Need in Real Life?

HIV testing uptake among pregnant women attending private midwife clinics: challenges of scaling up universal HIV testing at the private sectors in Indonesia

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